Opera in Two Acts based on the stories of two Holocaust survivors: Krystyna Zywulska and Gad Beck. (Duration: each act [More]

Opera in Two Acts based on the stories of two Holocaust survivors: Krystyna Zywulska and Gad Beck. (Duration: each act is approx. 45 minutes in length) Heggie & Scheer explored these stories in three previous one-act stage works (Another Sunrise; Farewell, Auschwitz; and For A Look or a Touch) and combined them into a full-evening [more]

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A recording featuring music of Jake Heggie, Gerard Schwarz and Lori Laitman. Baritone Morgan Smith (Manfred) and veteran baritone Julian Patrick (Gad) are joined by a quintet of extraordinary instrumentalists for this theatrical song cycle commissioned by Seattle’s Music of Remembrance (Mina Miller, artistic director). Librettist Gene Scheer based his text on true stories told [more]

Libretto by Gene Scheer. For baritone, men’s chorus, actor, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion. Originally commissioned by Music of Remembrance, this second incarnation was commissioned by the Seattle Men’s Chorus and The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus. First performance: April 2, 2011 at McCaw Hall, Seattle, with baritone Morgan Smith, actor David Pichette, Seattle [more]

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Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano, or Baritone and Chamber Ensemble Texts by Gene Scheer. For baritone and piano, or [More]

Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano, or Baritone and Chamber Ensemble Texts by Gene Scheer. For baritone and piano, or baritone with flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano. Originally commissioned by Music of Remembrance as a stage work, the song cycle version was created in 2013. First Performance: May 18, 2013 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, with [more]

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For soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone and piano, or with clarinet, violin, cello, bass, piano. Gene Scheer’s lyrics are free translations of lyrics created by Krystyna Zywulska while she was imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Commissioned by Music of Remembrance (Mina Miller, Artistic Director) with support from Jonathan Green and Brenda Berry, Lloyd and Janet Cluff, John and Bernice [more]

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